Dr Timothy Barendt MChem (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon)

• DPhil, Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, University of Oxford
• MChem, Chemistry, 2012, University of Oxford

Tim graduated with an MChem in 2012 from the University of Oxford and then a DPhil in Inorganic Chemistry under the supervision of Professor Paul Beer. His PhD research was focused on molecular motion within interlocked molecules such as rotaxanes and catenanes. In 2016 Tim was awarded an EPSRC Doctoral Prize and then a Junior Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford (Christ Church), working in the Departments of Chemistry and Materials on the supramolecular chemistry of fullerenes and photoactive host–guest assemblies.

During this time, he was also a visiting researcher at Columbia University in the group of Professor Colin Nuckolls, investigating carbon nanomaterial-based semiconducting materials and devices. In 2019 Tim moved to the University of Birmingham to take up a Lectureship in the School of Chemistry.

Tim is interested in supervising MSci and postgraduate students in the following areas:

• Supramolecular chemistry; molecular recognition and sensing, including chiral guests
• Synthesis and photophysics of organic dye molecules for e.g. artificial photosynthesis
• Organic electronic materials including carbon nanomaterials e.g. fullerenes
• Mechanically interlocked molecules as switches and machines

If you are interested in this research, please reach out to Dr Barendt via the contact details above.

Research themes include:

• Supramolecular host–guest chemistry for sensing
• Organic dyes, including chiral molecules and artificial photosynthesis 
• Interlocked molecules as molecular machines
• Organic electronic materials, including carbon nanomaterials

This requires a variety of techniques such as NMR spectroscopy, HPLC, electrochemistry and photophysical analysis.